Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed was born on 7 September 1948 at Qasr Al-Muwaiji, Al Ain, in Abu Dhabi (then part of the Trucial States), the eldest son of Hassa bint Mohammed Al Nahyan and Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.{{cite news |title=Sheikha Hessa, mother of Sheikh Khalifa, dies |website=The National |location=United Arab Emirates |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/sheikha-hessa-mother-of-sheikh-khalifa-dies-1.699374 |access-date=28 January 2018}}{{cite web |title=The UAE President |url=https://www.cpc.gov.ae/en-us/thepresident/Pages/president.aspx |website=Crown Prince Court |access-date=18 October 2017}} He spent most of his childhood in Al Ain.

Sheikh Khalifa's early education began with the traditional learning of the tenets of Islam by Sheikh Thani Bin Ahmed, a mutawa (religious teacher). Due to the lack of formal schools in Al Ain during the early 1950s, Sheikh Zayed, Sheikh Khalifa's father, arranged for a qualified tutor from Muscat, Mohammed Bin Rashid Altamimi who then ran a small school in Muwaiji established by Sheikh Zayed around 1956. It was one of Sheikh Zayed's priorities that Sheikh Khalifa and his siblings receive a comprehensive education.{{Cite book |last=Rashid |first=Noor Ali |title=Sheikh Khalifa: Life and Times |publisher=Motivate Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=9781860632006}} Sheikh Khalifa, along with other members of the royal family, continued their early education in the Al Nahyaneia Model School in the academic year 1960–1961, providing encouragement for education in the area. Later, Sheikh Khalifa pursued further academic studies in another school named Alfalah.{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Graeme H. |title=KHALIFA : JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE |publisher=National Archives |year=2015 |isbn=978-9948-23-074-8 |edition=1st |location=Abu Dhabi, UAE |pages=6–10}} He later graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.{{Cite news|url=https://uae-voice.net/30-things-you-didnt-know-about-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan/|title=Things You Didn't Know About Khalifa bin Zayed|date=21 May 2020|work=UAE-Voice|access-date=28 May 2021|language=en}}

In addition to his formal education, Sheikh Khalifa regularly attended his father Sheikh Zayed's Majlis, where he gained experience in political affairs and governance, preparing him for future leadership. Alongside that, he developed a strong interest in traditional sports such as horse and camel racing.

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When his father, Zayed, became emir of Abu Dhabi in 1966, Khalifa was appointed the ruler's representative in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi and head of the Courts Department in Al Ain.{{Cite news |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/gulf/2022/05/13/From-childhood-in-Al-Ain-to-revered-leader-Sheikh-Khalifa-s-path-to-UAE-presidency |title=From childhood in Al Ain to revered leader: Sheikh Khalifa's path to UAE presidency |date=2022-05-13 |work=Al Arabiya |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}} Zayed was the ruler's representative in the Eastern Region before he became the emir of Abu Dhabi. A few months later the position was handed to Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan.{{Cite news |url=https://wam.ae/en/details/1395302617209 |title=Abu Dhabi's Ruler's Representative hails leadership's support for renewable energy |date=2017-06-02 |work=Emirates News Agency |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}}

On 1 February 1969, Khalifa was nominated the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, and on the next day he was appointed head of the Abu Dhabi Department of Defense. In that post, he oversaw the build up of the Abu Dhabi Defense Force, which after 1971 became the core of the UAE Armed Forces.

Following the establishment of the UAE in 1971, Khalifa assumed several positions in Abu Dhabi as head of the Abu Dhabi Cabinet. After the reconstruction of the Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Cabinet was replaced by the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and Khalifa became the 2nd deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (23 December 1973) and the chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi (20 January 1974).{{cite web |title=The UAE Cabinet - The Official Portal of the UAE Government |url=https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/the-uae-government/the-uae-cabinet |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=u.ae |language=en}}{{cite web |date=14 November 2021 |title=H. H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan - The Official Portal of the UAE Government |url=https://u.ae/about-the-uae/the-uae-government/government-leaders/hh-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan |access-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114105551/https://u.ae/about-the-uae/the-uae-government/government-leaders/hh-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

In March 1976, His Highness took on the task of founding with his father and leading the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). This organization strategically oversees the emirate's financial investments with ensuring a stable income for future generations.{{Cite web |title=His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |url=https://www.ourallegiancetokhalifa.com/en/SupremeMembers/SheikhKhalifaBinZayed/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=www.ourallegiancetokhalifa.com}}

In May 1976, he became deputy commander of the UAE Armed Forces, under the president.{{Cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-president-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-passes-away-1.1652437049728 |title=UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed passes away |date=2022-05-13 |work=Gulf News |access-date=2022-12-05 |language=en}} He also became the head of the Supreme Petroleum Council in the late 1980s. The post granted him wide powers in energy matters.{{cite web |last=Turak |first=Natasha |date=13 May 2022 |title=UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed has died at age 73, country announces 40-day mourning period |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/13/uae-president-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-has-died.html |access-date=14 May 2022 |website=CNBC |language=en}} He was also the chairman of the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency.{{Cite news |url=https://www.benzinga.com/government/22/05/27189263/uae-president-sheikh-khalifa-who-steered-his-nation-to-economic-prominence-dies-at-76 |title=UAE President Sheikh Khalifa, Who Steered Nation To Economic Prominence, Dies At 73 |date=2022-05-13 |work=Benzinga |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}}

In 1981, he established the Abu Dhabi Department of Social Services and Commercial Building as well as the Khalifa Housing Fund to help and support constructions of residential and commercial buildings. This initiative sparked construction around Abu Dhabi.

He succeeded to the post of emir of Abu Dhabi and was elected president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 3 November 2004, replacing his father Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who had died the day before. He had been acting president since his father became ill prior to his death.

On 1 December 2005, Khalifa announced that half of the members of the Federal National Council (FNC), an assembly that advises the president, would be indirectly elected. Half of the council's members were still appointed by the leaders of the emirates.{{cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=Sheikh Khalifa: key milestones in his life |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/05/13/sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-key-milestones-in-his-life/ |access-date=14 May 2022 |website=The National |language=en}}

In 2009, Khalifa was re-elected as president for a second five-year term.{{cite web|date=3 November 2009|title=Sheikh Khalifa re-elected UAE president|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/sheikh-khalifa-re-elected-uae-president/story-ENhRmwCSMAW91xBeS0sM5J.html|access-date=15 September 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} He was subsequently re-elected in 2014 and 2019.

File:George W. Bush and Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.jpg at Abu Dhabi International Airport, 13 January 2008]]

In 2010, Khalifa was described in a WikiLeaks cable signed by then U.S. ambassador Richard G. Olson as a "distant and uncharismatic personage."{{Cite news|last=Coker|first=Margaret|date=29 November 2010|title=Leaked Papers Show Arab Leaders Critical of Iran, Neighbors|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703945904575644481438370738|access-date=15 September 2021|issn=0099-9660}} The cable said that Khalifa had risked his reputation and the UAE's future since 1990, when he described the United States as willing to shed blood to maintain international order and stability in the Gulf.

In March 2011, Khalifa sent the United Arab Emirates Air Force to support the military intervention in Libya against Muammar Gaddafi, alongside forces from NATO, Qatar, Sweden and Jordan.{{cite news|url=https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates-international/1395228897642.htm|title=UAE updates support to UN Resolution 1973|date=25 March 2011|agency=Emirates News Agency |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406053055/https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates-international/1395228897642.html |archive-date=6 April 2016 }}{{cite news|url=https://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-24|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=Libya Live Blog – March 24|date=24 March 2011|access-date=25 March 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110324161128/https://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-24| archive-date= 24 March 2011 | url-status= live}}

Khalifa pledged the full support of the UAE to the Bahrain in the face of pro-democracy uprising in 2011.{{cite news|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2011/March/theuae_March84.xml§ion=theuae|agency=Khaleej Times|date=3 March 2011|title=Khalifa stresses UAE support to Bahrain|access-date=15 May 2022|archive-date=1 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601080414/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data%2Ftheuae%2F2011%2FMarch%2Ftheuae_March84.xml§ion=theuae|url-status=dead}}

Later that year Khalifa was ranked as the world's fourth-wealthiest monarch, with a fortune estimated to be worth $15 billion.{{cite news |date=29 April 2011 |title=The World's Richest Royals |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2011/04/29/the-worlds-richest-royals/2/ |url-status=dead |newspaper=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006044914/https://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2011/04/29/the-worlds-richest-royals/2/ |archive-date=6 October 2011 }} In 2013, he commissioned Azzam, the longest motor yacht ever built and measuring {{convert|590|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} long, with a cost between $400–600 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/08/14/emirati-royals-knock-abramovich-off-top-of-yacht-league.html|newspaper=CNBC|title=Emirati royals knock Abramovich off top of yacht league|date=14 August 2013|access-date=13 November 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/04/05/german-shipyard-launches-worlds-largest-private-yacht-at-591-feet/|title=German Shipyard Launches World's Largest Private Yacht At 591 Feet|date=5 April 2012|author=Daniel Fisher| work=Forbes|access-date=17 March 2014}}

In January 2014, Khalifa had a stroke and was reported to have been in a stable condition after undergoing an operation. He was rarely seen in public after, and, with his health deteriorating, his brother, the crown prince, took over as the de facto ruler.

During his presidency in February 2022, the UAE normalised relations with Israel and signed partnership agreements on tourism and healthcare.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-uae-sign-tourism-healthcare-agreements-twitter-2022-02-08/ |title=Israel, UAE sign tourism, healthcare agreements - Twitter |date=2022-02-08 |work=Reuters |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}}

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Khalifa was the eldest son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Hassa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.{{cite web|title=UAE: Death of Sheikha Hassa Bint Mohammed marks end of MBK era {{!}} Cross-border Information|url=https://www.crossborderinformation.com/news/monitoring-news/uae-death-sheikha-hassa-bint-mohammed-marks-end-mbk-era|access-date=12 September 2021|website=www.crossborderinformation.com}} This made him his father's representative, being the eldest son in the family.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zayed Al Nahyan {{!}} Biography, Family, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sheikh-Khalifa-ibn-Zayed-Al-Nahyan |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}

He was married to Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouei, on October 18, 1964. Sheikha Shamsa Bint Suhail was from a famous Al Khamis family of the Al Shikr branch of the Mazaria tribe in Liwa. Sheikh Khalifa and Sheikha Shamsa had eight children:

• Sultan bin Khalifa al Nahyan is married to Sheikha bint Saif al Nahyan. They have 3 sons and 3 daughters together.

• Mohammed bin Khalifa al Nahyan is married to a daughter of late Sultan bin Zayed al Nahyan and has 3 sons.

• Sheikha bint Khalifa al Nahyan is married to Hamad bin Tahnoun al Nahyan and have 3 sons and 3 daughters.

• Osha bint Khalifa al Nahyan is married to Sultan bin Hamdan al Nahyan and have 6 sons and 1 daughter.

• Mouza bint Khalifa al Nahyan is married to Khalifa bin Saif al Nahyan and have 3 sons and 5 daughters.

• Salama bint Khalifa al Nahyan is married to Mansour bin Tahnoun al Nahyan and have 3 sons and 1 daughter.

• Latifa bint Khalifa al Nahyan married Diyab bin Tahnoun al Nahyan in 2012. They have 1 son and 2 daughters together.

• Shamma bint Khalifa al Nahyan is married to Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed al Nahyan and have 3 sons.{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.sheikhashamma.ae/en/home/|access-date=12 September 2021|website=Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan|language=en-GB}}{{cite web|title=H. H. Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan Humanitarian & Science Foundation|url=http://www.sbkf.ae/main/home.php|access-date=12 September 2021|website=www.sbkf.ae}}

Seychellois government records show that, between 1995 and 2010, Sheikh Khalifa had spent $2 million buying up more than 66 acres of land on the Seychelles' main island of Mahé, where what was to be his palace was being built. The Seychelles' government has received large aid packages from the UAE, most notably a $130 million injection that was used in social service and military aid, which funded patrol boats for the Seychelles' anti-piracy efforts. In 2008, the UAE came to the indebted Seychelles government's aid, with a $30 million injection.{{Cite news|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703720004575476953617163656|title=Sheikh Abode a Sore Point in Seychelles|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|first=Coker|last=Margaret|access-date=16 February 2012|date=9 September 2010}}

Sheikh Khalifa paid $500,000 for the 29.8-acre site of his palace in 2005, according to the sales document. A Seychelles planning authority initially rejected the palace's building plans, a decision overturned by President James Michel's cabinet. A month after the start of construction of the palace, the national utility company warned that the site's plans posed threats to the water supply. Joel Morgan, the Seychelles' minister of the environment, said the government did not tender the land because it wanted it to go to Sheikh Khalifa. Morgan said "the letter of the law" might not have been followed in the land sale.

In February 2010, the sewage system set up by Ascon, the company building the palace, for the site's construction workers overflowed, sending rivers of waste through the region, which is home to more than 8000 residents. Local government agencies and officials from Khalifa's office responded quickly to the problem, sending in technical experts and engineers. Government officials concluded that Ascon ignored health and building codes for their workers, and fined the company $81,000. Ascon blamed the incident on "unpredicted weather conditions". Khalifa's presidential office offered to pay $15 million to replace the water-piping system for the mountainside, and Seychelles' government representatives and residents say Ascon has offered to pay roughly $8,000 to each of the 360 households that were affected by the pollution.

Through the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the UAE supported the Yemeni people in August 2015 with 3,000 tonnes of food and aid supplies.{{Cite news |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/khalifa-foundation-sends-3000-tonnes-aid-yemen |title=Khalifa Foundation sends 3,000 tonnes of aid to Yemen |date=2015-08-19 |work=ReliefWeb |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}} By 19 August 2015, the foundation had sent Yemen 7,800 tonnes of food, medicine, and medical supplies.{{Cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/year-of-the-50th/in-pictures-uaes-humanitarian-aid-efforts-over-the-past-50-years-1.1621421221554 |title=In Pictures: UAE's humanitarian aid efforts over the past 50 years |date=2021-06-08 |work=Gulf News |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}}{{cite web|title=UAE has pledged $110 million in humanitarian aid to Socotra since 2015|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/government/2021/07/31/uae-has-pledged-110-million-in-humanitarian-aid-to-socotra-since-2015/|access-date=24 October 2021|website=The National|date=31 July 2021 }}

In April 2016, Sheikh Khalifa was named in the Panama Papers by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists;{{cite web|title=Panama Papers: The Power Players|url=https://panamapapers.icij.org/the_power_players/|access-date=3 April 2016|publisher=International Consortium of Investigative Journalists}} he reportedly owned luxury properties in London worth more than $1.7 billion via shell companies that Mossack Fonseca set up and administers for him in the British Virgin Islands.{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/panama-papers-assad-putin-poroshenko-mubarak-al-saud-pm-iceland-sigmundur-davio-gunnlaugsson-a6967411.html |title=Panama Papers: 12 world leaders linked to offshore dealings - and the full allegations against them |date=2016-04-05 |work=The Independent |access-date=2022-12-23 |language=en}}

Sheikh Khalifa died on 13 May 2022, at the age of 73.{{cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=President Sheikh Khalifa dies aged 73 |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/05/13/president-sheikh-khalifa-dies-age-73/ |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=The National |language=en}}{{cite news |title=UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-president-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-dies-wam-agency-2022-05-13/ |access-date=13 May 2022 |publisher=Reuters |date=13 May 2022}} He was buried at Al Bateen Cemetery in Abu Dhabi.{{cite web |last=Reporter |first=A. Staff |title=Look: Sheikh Khalifa laid to rest at Al Bateen cemetery |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/sheikh-khalifa/uae-sheikh-khalifa-laid-to-rest-in-al-bateen-cemetery |access-date=14 May 2022 |website=Khaleej Times |language=en}} His half-brother Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan succeeded him as ruler of Abu Dhabi upon his death,{{Cite news |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303047003 |title=Mohamed bin Zayed, Sheikhs perform funeral prayer for late UAE President |date=2022-05-13 |work=Emirates News Agency |access-date=2022-12-14 |language=en}} and was elected president of the UAE the next day.{{Cite news |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303047321 |title=Federal Supreme Council elects Mohamed bin Zayed as UAE President |date=2022-05-14 |work=Emirates News Agency |access-date=2022-12-15 |language=en}}

The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a 40-day national mourning with flags at half-mast along with a three-day suspension of work in private firms and the official entities at the federal and local levels of institution.{{Cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-president-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-passes-away-1.1652437049728 |title=UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed passes away |date=2022-05-13 |work=Gulf News |access-date=2022-12-15 |language=en}} State mourning was also announced in many other Arab League nations. Bahrain,{{cite web |title=Bahrain mourns Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, announces mourning and flags at half-mast |url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1522265-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=سكاي نيوز عربية |language=ar}} Lebanon,{{cite web |last= |title=Lebanon declares official mourning for Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed and flags at half-mast for 3 days |url=https://www.albayan.ae/uae/news/2022-05-13-1.4433599 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=www.albayan.ae |date=13 May 2022 |language=ar}} Oman,{{cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=سلطنة عمان تعلن الحداد 3 أيام على روح الشيخ خليفة بن زايد |url=https://al-ain.com/article/1652444724 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=العين الإخبارية |language=ar}} Mauritania,{{cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=Mauritania declared three days of national mourning |url=https://al-ain.com/article/sheikh-khalifa-uae-passed-away |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=العين الإخبارية |language=ar}} Qatar,{{cite web |title=The Emir of Qatar mourns Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed |url=https://www.alkhaleej.ae/2022-05-13/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=صحيفة الخليج |language=ar}} Egypt,{{Cite news |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1234/466151/Egypt/Foreign-Affairs/Egypt-declares-three-days-of-mourning-over-passing.aspx |title=Egypt declares three days of mourning over passing of UAE president |date=2022-05-13 |work=Al-Ahram |access-date=2022-12-02 |language=en}} Morocco,{{Cite news |url=https://moroccolatestnews.com/death-of-sheikh-khalifa-morocco-declares-official-mourning-for-three-days/ |title=Death of Sheikh Khalifa: Morocco declares official mourning for three days |date=2022-05-13 |work=moroccolatestnews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516084922/https://moroccolatestnews.com/death-of-sheikh-khalifa-morocco-declares-official-mourning-for-three-days/ |archive-date=2022-05-16 |access-date=2022-12-02 |url-status=usurped |language=en}} Maldives{{Cite news |url=https://raajje.mv/117640 |title=National flag to be flown at half-mast for three days, following death of UAE President |date=2022-05-13 |work=raajje.mv |access-date=2022-12-02 |language=en}} declared official mourning and flags at half-mast for three days. In Jordan, mourning was declared for 40 days{{cite web |last=البيان |title=Jordan announces 40 days of mourning for the death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed |url=https://www.albayan.ae/uae/news/2022-05-13-1.4433661 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=www.albayan.ae |date=13 May 2022 |language=ar}} while flags flew at half-mast in Kuwait.{{cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=The death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed... Kuwait announces 3 days of mourning, and flags fly at half-mast for 40 days |url=https://al-ain.com/article/1652447362 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=العين الإخبارية |language=ar}} Saudi Arabia declared three days of mourning with all recreational, sporting events and festivities postponed.{{cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/saudi-arabia-postpones-events-festivities-following-death-of-uae-president-1.87853654 |title=Saudi Arabia postpones events, festivities following death of UAE President | Saudi – Gulf News |publisher=Gulfnews.com |date=2022-05-14 |accessdate=2022-06-22}} Pakistan announced a three-day mourning and flags were raised at half-mast.{{Cite news |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/652165-Pakistan-announces-3-days-national-mourning-over-demise-of-UAE-President |title=Pakistan announces 3 days national mourning over demise of UAE President |date=2022-05-13 |work=dunyanews.tv |access-date=2022-11-28|language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://radio.gov.pk/13-05-2022/pakistan-announces-three-days-national-mourning-over-sad-demise-of-president-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan |title=Pakistan announces three days mourning over demise of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan |date=2022-05-14 |work=Radio Pakistan |access-date=2022-11-28|language=en}} Brazil declared three days of mourning,{{Cite news |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/brazil-declares-three-day-mourning-on-the-passing-of-sheikh-khalifa-1.87835491 |title=Brazil declares three-day mourning on the passing of Sheikh Khalifa |date=2022-05-13 |work=Gulf News |access-date=2022-11-28 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/272550798/brazil-declares-three-day-mourning-on-passing-of-sheikh-khalifa |title=Brazil declares three-day mourning on passing of Sheikh Khalifa |date=2022-05-14 |work=bignewsnetwork.com |access-date=2022-11-28 |language=en}} Algeria declared two days of mourning with flags to be flown at half-mast.{{Cite news |url=https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395303047404 |title=Algerian President offers condolence over death of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed |date=2022-05-14 |work=Emirates News Agency |access-date=2022-11-29 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.sharjah24.ae/en/Articles/2022/05/14/Algerian-President-condoles-UAE-on-death-of-Sheikh-Khalifa |title=Algerian President condoles UAE on death of Sheikh Khalifa |date=2022-05-14 |work=sharjah24.ae |access-date=2022-11-29 |language=en}} Palestine declared a day of mourning and ordered flags to be flown at half-mast.{{cite web |url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/129199 |title=President Abbas mourns death of president of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa |date=13 May 2022 |work=Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA)}} India also declared a period of national mourning with flags at half-staff for one day starting from 14 May 2022.{{cite web |title=India Declares State Mourning Tomorrow After UAE President's Death |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-declares-state-mourning-tomorrow-after-uae-president-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyans-death-2973872 |access-date=13 May 2022 |website=NDTV.com}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/Message_13052022.pdf |title=Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi |website=mha.gov.in |date=13 May 2022 }} Bangladesh declared one day of state mourning on Saturday.{{cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2022/05/13/bangladesh-announces-state-mourning-on-saturday-for-uae-president-sheikh-khalifa |title=Bangladesh announces state mourning on Saturday for UAE President Sheikh Khalifa |publisher=bdnews24.com |date=2022-05-13 |accessdate=2022-06-22}} Cuba declared one day of mourning on 17 May.{{cite web |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/cuba-emiratos-árabes_cuba-decreta-duelo-por-la-muerte-del-presidente-de-los-emiratos-árabes-unidos/47599340 |title=Cuba decreta duelo por la muerte del presidente de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos |language=es |trans-title=Cuba decrees mourning for the death of the president of the United Arab Emirates |date=May 17, 2022 |website=swissinfo.ch}}{{Cite news |url=https://oncubanews.com/cuba/cuba-decreta-duelo-por-muerte-del-presidente-de-los-emiratos-arabes-unidos/ |title=Cuba decreta duelo por muerte del presidente de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos |date=2022-05-17|work=oncubanews.com |access-date=2022-12-05 |language=es}}

{{main|Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque}}

In honor of the Sheikh's legacy, one of the largest mosques in the U.A.E. was built in the city of Al Ain and named after him. It was opened to the public on 12 April 2021.{{cite news |work=MEED |title=طرح مناقصة بناء مسجد الشيخ خليفة في العين |publisher=Al-Bayan |language=ar |url=http://www.albayan.ae/economy/local-market/2013-05-07-1.1878107 |date=2013-05-07 |access-date=2014-11-24}}{{cite news |last=Rafī‘ |first=Jamīl |title=مسجد الشيخ خليفة بالعين.. أيقونة المعمار والحضارة |publisher=Al-Ittihad |language=ar |location=Al Ain |url=http://www.alittihad.ae/details.php?id=92964&y=2014 |date=2014-10-23 |access-date=2014-11-24}}{{cite news |publisher=سـنـيـار |title=العين تفتتح مسجد "الشيخ خليفة" بالعين في 2016 |language=ar |url=http://www.snyar.net/العين-تفتتح-مسجد-الشيخ-خليفة-بالعين-ف/ |date=2014-11-01 |access-date=2014-11-24}}{{cite news |author=Abdul Kader, B. |title=Al Ain to have one of the largest mosques in UAE |newspaper=Gulf News |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/general/al-ain-to-have-one-of-the-largest-mosques-in-uae-1.1406553 |date=2014-10-31 |access-date=2018-04-02}}{{cite book |editor=Rough Guides UK |title=The Rough Guide to Dubai |isbn=978-0-2412-9864-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IYYnDQAAQBAJ&dq=sheikh+khalifa+mosque&pg=PT271 |date=2016-11-01|publisher=Rough Guides UK }}

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• {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}:
• 70px Grand Master and Collar of the Order of Zayed

• {{Flag|Brazil}}:
• 70px Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (12 November 2021){{Cite news|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2021/11/12/bolsonaro-condecora-lideres-do-oriente-medio-antes-de-viagem.htm|title=Bolsonaro condecora líderes do Oriente Médio antes de viagem à região|work=noticias.uol.com.br|access-date=12 November 2021|language=pt}}
• {{flag|Kazakhstan}}:
• 70px Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Eagle (17 March 2009){{cite web | url=https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395228736504 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209185735/https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395228736504 | archive-date=9 December 2021 | title=WAM }}
• {{Flag|Netherlands}}:
• 70px Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (8 January 2012){{Cite news|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/general/khalifa-welcomes-hm-queen-beatrix-of-netherlands |title=Khalifa welcomes HM Queen Beatrix of Netherlands|date=8 January 2012|work=Khaleej Times |access-date=28 May 2021|language=en}}
• {{flag|Palestine}}:
• 70px Grand Cordon of the Order of the State of Palestine (2 May 2010){{cite web | url=https://www.wafa.ps/ar_page.aspx?id=EKn0eUa545081315889aEKn0eU | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709205355/https://www.wafa.ps/ar_page.aspx?id=EKn0eUa545081315889aEKn0eU | archive-date=9 July 2022 | title=الرئيس يقلد رئيس دولة الإمارات وسام نجمة فلسطين }}
• {{Flag|Spain}}:
• 70px Knight of the Collar of the Order of Civil Merit (Kingdom of Spain, 23 May 2008){{Cite news |date=27 May 2008 |title=REAL DECRETO 893/2008 |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2008/05/27/pdfs/A24763-24763.pdf |access-date=5 March 2021 |work=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=en}}
• 70px Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic of Spain (4 December 1981){{Cite news|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1982/01/04/pdfs/A00102-00102.pdf|title= Otras disposiciones |date=4 December 1981|work=Boletín Oficial del Estado|access-date=9 March 2021|language=en}}
• {{Flag|South Korea}}:
• 70px Member of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa (21 November 2012){{Cite news|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/government/korean-leader-hails-uae-achievements |title=Korean leader hails UAE achievements|date=22 November 2012|work=Khaleej Times |access-date=28 May 2021|language=en}}
• {{Flag|Ukraine}}:
• 70px Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise I degree (26 November 2012){{Cite news |url=https://ukranews.com/ua/news/170325-yanukovych-i-prezydent-oae-obminyalysya-ordenamy |title=Янукович і Президент ОАЕ обмінялися орденами |date=2012-11-26 |work=ukranews.com |access-date=2022-12-05 |language=uk}}
• {{Flag|United Kingdom}}:
• 70px Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (25 November 2010){{Cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/khalifa-queen-elizabeth-ii-exchange-orders-1.718759 |title=Khalifa, Queen Elizabeth II exchange orders|date=26 November 2010|work=Gulf News |access-date=28 May 2021|language=en}}
• 70px Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George

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